Moscow - (Saba):
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had thwarted a series of attacks on police officers in the Stavropol Territory, which were planned for May 9 by a group of minors supporting an international terrorist organization.
The Russian news agency TASS quoted the Russian intelligence service as saying in a statement: "Russian Federal Security Service officers, in cooperation with the Investigative Committee and the Ministry of Interior, were able to prevent a series of terrorist crimes in the Stavropol Territory in southern Russia. During the security operation, nine local residents who supported an international terrorist organization were detained."
The statement indicated that one of the minors voluntarily joined the organization through social media in 2024 and later recruited eight other residents of the region, seven of whom were minors.
According to the statement, "On May 9 of this year, the criminals planned to attack police officers during the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War in one of the municipalities of the Stavropol Territory. However, they were unable to carry out their plans because security forces uncovered their plot and arrested them."
They are currently being investigated after being charged under Part 2 of Article 205.5 (organizing the activities of a terrorist organization and participating in the activities of such an organization) and Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 (assisting terrorist activity) of the Russian Criminal Code.
Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told TASS that the investigation established that one of the minors joined the ranks of a terrorist organization in 2024. He then "used persuasion to recruit a relative and seven of his peers between the ages of 14 and 16 to join this terrorist organization."